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By MarEx 2015-05-03 20:10:14 The Cabinet Council of the Republic of Panama has officially approved a proposal to modify the canal tolls structure, following a recommendation from the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) Board of Directors. The accepted proposal, which modifies the pricing structure for most canal segments, will better facilitate the canal’s goal of providing…

By Wendy Laursen 2015-05-03 19:44:09 The first carbon fiber, air supported OSV is under construction at Tuco Marine in Denmark. The project is a combination of effort from Tuco Marine, Effect Ships International (ESI) and Diab. The team is combining ESI’s air supported vessel (ASV) technology with a light-weight carbon sandwich construction. Diab is responsible…

By Wendy Laursen 2015-05-03 19:29:26 The Russian navy has been accused of deliberately disrupting the construction of an undersea power cable between Lithuania and Sweden. The NordBalt cable, designed by ABB, will be the world’s longest high voltage direct current extruded cable. Once operational it is expected to significantly reduce Lithuania’s reliance on Russia for…

By Reuters 2015-05-03 17:05:55 Spanish construction firm ACS said it had won a $983 million contract to design and build the longest cable-stayed bridge in the United States, in Texas. ACS, which will carry out the work through two of its subsidiaries, Dragados and Flatiron, will also operate and maintain the bridge for 25 years,…

By Reuters 2015-05-03 16:58:58 The international monitoring group Human Rights Watch (HRW) said the Saudi-led coalition attacking Yemen had probably used cluster bombs which are banned by most countries. “Credible evidence indicates that the Saudi-led coalition used banned cluster munitions supplied by the United States in air strikes against Houthi forces,” HRW said in a…

By Reuters 2015-05-03 16:46:57 Protesters at Libya’s eastern port of Brega agreed a deal on Sunday to end their strike, Libya’s state-run Sirte Oil Co said, clearing the way for the Irda natural gas field to resume production. Gripped by chaos four years after the ousting of leader Muammar Gaddafi, Libya’s oil and gas sector…

As the third anniversary of the entry into force of the Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (MLC) approaches, Seafarers’ Rights International (SRI) is embarking on a comprehensive study on the effectiveness of the Convention. The study has been commissioned by the International Transport Workers’ Federation. It will be an in-depth and... Read more →